Community Calendar

Our Community Calendar is a resource we offer to all qualified nonprofits. Community Calendar events are highlighted live, on-air throughout the day on KCPW. Featured events are chosen at random. You will also find all current Community Calendar events listed here at kcpw.org.

PLEASE NOTE: Our Community Calendar now also has a physical home. Following the criteria listed below, bring professional materials (no handwritten signs please) promoting your event to the KCPW studios at 210 East 400 South, Suite 10. We’ll happily hang them in our window for all Library Square traffic to see.

To submit an event to the Community Calendar, the event must meet the following criteria:

The event must take place in Utah.

The organization promoting the event must be a qualified 501 (c) (3) charity or political subdivision.

The event cannot promote a religious organization or individual.

If your event meets these criteria, click “Post Your Event” below. Include your contact information in case we have any questions. Otherwise, your event may not get published.

KCPW would like to encourage you to make the most of your post by adding a featured image and links to your organization. Utilize the provided field boxes (i.e. location, ticket information) to display information as accurately and quickly as possible. Please do not submit duplicate postings for the same event.

Please submit requests at least 10-14 days before your event – event listings read on-air are chosen at random, at least two weeks prior to the event.

If you are posting a class or workshop that requires registration, list just the first instance in the date and time, and include the details for subsequent classes in the description.

(2 Part Workshop, March 3rd and 10th) Travel writing explores adventures on the other side of the world or eating a meal at a café down the street. Whether your adventures are similar to the beat of Jack Kerouac, or the exotic adventures of Vivienne de Watteville, together we will discuss elements of travel writing and learn how to spin a tale worthy of sharing.

Healthy, happy, easy-to-maintain honey bees not only reward their keepers with delicious honey, they provide a wonderful pollination service to neighborhood gardens. Learn how to select, house, and manage these beneficial insects as we look at hive components, costs, assembly, and location; use of a smoker; what to wear when working with bees; when to purchase bees; and from whom; how to install bees into the hive; and how to keep your bees healthy. Along the way we’ll discuss bee anatomy and social structure, and provide you with a month-by-month schedule of bee keeping activities. During the final class, we’ll pick up bees from a local supplier and install them in the instructor’s hive. Special fee covers the text.

To register or for more information, call 801-587-LIFE (5433) or visit lifelong.utah.edu.

Come learn how to take your metalsmithing to the next level with casting. Knowing how to cast enables you to make multiple pieces of jewelry quickly and affordably. It will also allow for more detailed, organic design elements in your work.Students will learn the basics of the casting procedure. Students will also gain a knowledge of how to create molds for casting multiples. Students will also learn how to invest and complete their works with various finishes including patinas. Beginners to advanced are welcome to participate. Teens 14+ who can handle an adult classroom setting are also welcome to enroll.

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Calligraphy means “beautiful writing.” Join us as we learn how to use the tools of the calligrapher through discussion of the history of calligraphy, definitions and descriptions of how letters are formed and then progress to general practices and basic letter forms; learning to connect to letters to form beautiful words. Finally, we will end the class with a personal project for each student. Special fee includes a text book, practice pad, calligraphy pens, inks, compass & T-square.

To register or for more information, call 801-587-LIFE (5433) or visit lifelong.utah.edu.

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Bring your little ones to stretch their wings with our educators and birds in Tracy Aviary’s Preschool and Kindergarten classes. Our classes are offered once a week for six weeks. Classes feature a special bird visitor, a fun craft or activity, a snack, a sing-along song, and an engaging story connecting with our age-appropriate themes. All classes are designed for parents to attend and participate with their child. To enroll your chick before all the nests are taken visit us at http://www.tracyaviary.org/pre-k-classes/

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We will sculpt and build puppets using Styrofoam, plaster, wood and fabrics in this 4-week workshop. Come create your favorite character or imaginary creature. The sky’s the limit! When we’re done we will have a puppet show with everyone collaborating a class story. Taught by Louise Fischman. Class meets once a week for four weeks.

This class will focus on both inventive and traditional ways to form pottery and ceramic sculpture. We will use wheel thrown stacked forms, forms from clay slip and burn out materials, dry joining and mold making to create any ceramic form you can dream of! This class is recommended for students with wheel throwing experience.

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Would you like to grow tender lettuce and spinach; juicy tomatoes; and flavorful carrots, zucchinis, and more? Learn the tricks to a successful vegetable garden in this informative beginner class. Focusing on a variety of easy-to-grow vegetables, we’ll cover soil texture, soil amendments, composting, cool- and warm-season crops, planting dates, and ways to grow vegetables all year long. We’ll also discuss common garden insects and diseases.

To register or for more information, call 801-587-LIFE (5433) or visit lifelong.utah.edu.

Immerse into the history of art with Kristen as she leads projects that are themed around famous artists! Each class will focus on a different famous artist, and students learn about their techniques and try to emulate their style. Kids will experiment with various types of media, depending on the artist. Play with clay, collage, painting, drawing, sculpture and more!

Take time to relax and learn to paint with either acrylic or oil paints in this class (student’s choice). Students will learn to paint from references – either photographs and/or still life sets. Students can bring in their own photographs to paint. By the last day of class, students will have the skills necessary to continue painting on their own, or advance to another class. Beginning to intermediate level students are welcome. Teenagers ages 14 + are also welcome to enroll in this class!

(Part 2 of a 2 part workshop. Part 1 is 3/3) Travel writing explores adventures on the other side of the world or eating a meal at a café down the street. Whether your adventures are similar to the beat of Jack Kerouac, or the exotic adventures of Vivienne de Watteville, together we will discuss elements of travel writing and learn how to spin a tale worthy of sharing.

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Sports Writing: More Than a Fan (Part 2 of a 3 Part Workshop)
@ SLCC Community Writing Center (Library Square)

Mar 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

(Part 2 of a 3 Part Event) Do you eat, breathe, and sleep sports? Consider yourself more than just a fan? Join us and learn to write like a pro sharing your observations, analysis, and opinions of your favorite team.

Learn to hand-code PHP, a widely-used general-purpose scripting language especially suited for Web development and database-powered websites. This course covers a basic overview of PHP, including setting up a development environment, becoming familiar with the PHP interpreter, basic language syntax and variables. Other topics will include operators, handling HTML form data, basic security, and the use of sessions or cookies. Pre-Requisites: Students will benefit from a familiarity with hand-coding HTML/XHTML.

For more information, call 801-581-6061 or visit https://continue.utah.edu/edtech/class/edtec_520_php_level_1.

Save time and money by making informed landscaping choices before you plant. We’ll show you how to draw a plan; analyze your site; and use landscape design principles for laying out paths, patios, and garden beds suitable for your site. We’ll use Red Butte Garden to look at plants appropriate for the Utah landscape and learn about plant characteristics to consider when choosing plants for your garden design. You’ll have the opportunity to work on your personal landscape plan throughout class with the help of a landscape designer. Co-sponsored with Red Butte Garden.

To register or for more information, call 801-587-LIFE (5433) or visit lifelong.utah.edu.

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The Utah Society for Environmental Education has been hosting the Annual Utah Environmental Education Conference since 1989. The purpose of this event is to bring formal and non-formal environmental educators together to network, share resources and best practices, and to improve the overall quality, depth, and breadth of environmental education in Utah.

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